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HomeVaanthiWhat if the Media Shamed Male Actors the Same Way ...

What if the Media Shamed Male Actors the Same Way it Shames Female Ones?

July 21, 2016

By Kunjila Mascillamani

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Bollywood baffles me. What counts as news in the entertainment world is bizarre, and it’s as though you need to carefully read between the lines to see if there is anything remotely cinema-related about what is being said.

We heard that Shweta Basu Prasad is going to star with Naseeruddin Shah in a short film, Interior-Café Night. NDTV then felt the need to announce this on Facebook like a police record, with the caption, “Shweta, who was arrested for alleged prostitution in 2014, co-stars with Naseeruddin Shah.”

No, @ndtv. Shweta, who won hearts in Makdee and Iqbal and yet wasn’t lucky enough to Be Human, co-stars with… pic.twitter.com/Xe4DraS88U

— Nishant Kaushik (@nofreecopies) July 19, 2016

NDTV’s headline refers to an incident in which Prasad was arrested in 2014 for an alleged case of prostitution. While her name was splashed all over the headlines at the time, none of the men involved were similarly named.

Of course, we haven’t seen the same degree of shaming by the media for the long list of actors who have criminal cases against them. We decided to see what that might look like.

1.Salman Khan (1)

2. Amitabh Bachchan

3. Madhur Bhandarkar

4. Sanjay Dutt

5. Shiney Ahuja

Tags: amitabh bachchan, bollywood, madhu bhandarkar, media sexism, salman, sanjay dutt, shiney ahuja, shwetha basu prasad

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2 Responses to “What if the Media Shamed Male Actors the Same Way it Shames Female Ones?”

  1. Reply
    Shrabonti
    July 21, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    Loved the dummy texts. Kafka’s Metamorphosis! 

    Where’s the first one from? It’s lovely.

  2. Reply
    Indian Ad Divas
    July 24, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    Awesome post. Love the pictures and the headers.

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